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- Title
Structure of Toxoplasma gondii fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase.
- Authors
Boucher, Lauren E.; Bosch, Jürgen
- Abstract
The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii must invade host cells to continue its lifecycle. It invades different cell types using an actomyosin motor that is connected to extracellular adhesins via the bridging protein fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase. During invasion, aldolase serves in the role of a structural bridging protein, as opposed to its normal enzymatic role in the glycolysis pathway. Crystal structures of the homologous Plasmodium falciparum fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase have been described previously. Here, T. gondii fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase has been crystallized in space group P22121, with the biologically relevant tetramer in the asymmetric unit, and the structure has been determined via molecular replacement to a resolution of 2.0 Å. An analysis of the quality of the model and of the differences between the four chains in the asymmetric unit and a comparison between the T. gondii and P. falciparum aldolase structures is presented.
- Subjects
TOXOPLASMA gondii; ACTOMYOSIN; PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM falciparum; ALDOLASES; CRYSTAL structure
- Publication
Acta Crystallographica: Section F, Structural Biology Communications, 2014, Vol 70, Issue 9, p1186
- ISSN
2053-230X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1107/S2053230X14017087